In the Beginning ...
Sometimes, this climate seems unconscionable, and so difficult to navigate for many, but it will change quickly and
hopefully, peacefully. The current political/societal climate has all of us
walking on eggshells, afraid of our own responses, reactions, words, etc.
Interestingly, either side is fighting about or against their own opinions. The
words and phrases we're spewing basically align with our own long-held,
personal, conditioned beliefs.
What if we all
began to awaken to the fact that our internal belief system is not really our
own? We were all raised this way or that way-and many of us get angry at the
thought that others weren't raised ‘with the same values’, beliefs, political
background, ethics, morals, etc. as we were. But if we were all the same -
homogenous - wouldn't that feel monotonous and bland after a while? Change is
our only constant in Life, and for me personally, change keeps me on my toes
consistently!
Opening to Listen to One Another
We do need to be
willing to listen to one another's opinions, feelings and views using our
mature emotional intelligence abilities. None of us has to change his or her
personal beliefs or opinions unless he/she wants to explore the deeper aspects
of our individual inner workings. When doing so, it helps to have unbiased,
neutral people listen to our laments. For me, it helps to have a neutral
ear.
I hear myself
talking out loud to her and it's as though I'm observing myself. In that way,
my Inner Guide/Higher Self (God, Jesus, Allah, Yaweh, Creator, Great Spirit,
etc.) discerns truth from chaff. As I observe my self, my Self discerns the
truth.
Collectively,
imagine how much more empowered and connected we'd feel as citizens united
against those things we abhor: anger, hatred, abuses, bigotry, negativity,
chaos, war. How empowered would you feel if those around you felt the same way
you did about those same issues? But then, we can stand apart from others and
know that we abhor and disown all the negative behaviors without getting caught
up in the resistance aspects of each one. We know intrinsically that what we resist
continues to persist long and hard, making it difficult to ever come to a place
of peace without our Self.
Unfortunately, some
of us are incapable of letting go of the Egoic need to be 'right', and also of
old conditioning. Therefore, it is difficult to be rigorously honest with our selves.
Fear prevents many of us from looking deep within and bringing up those old
paradigms and beliefs that no longer serve us individually or serve the greater
good. Letting go is a process that takes practice, but there is freedom in
knowing that anyone or anything, which no longer serves my higher purpose or
the good of humanity can be let go of.
We are More Similar than we are Different
Humanity needs to
be united for all peoples, no matter
their religion, race, color, sexual orientation or other perceived differences.
Indeed, for all sentient beings. All the aforementioned extraneous aspects do
not and never have mattered. It is the human condition that has made these
irrelevant issues relevant.
In all the
disagreeing, hatred, anger, judgment, et al, which is being cycled and recycled
around our planet currently, we are not SOLVING anything. We are simply
perpetuating problems if we are engaging in banter about ‘differences’. We are
perpetuating the dissension if we are remaining silent, as well. Without dissension,
changes can not and will not happen, nor has change ever taken place in history
without periods of dissension. Logically, we are all acting insanely, yet we
are refusing to see exactly how insanely we are behaving.
Today, I am
changing my involvement in these processes. Today, I am willing to see that
changes can and will happen amidst the dissension. Today, I am willing to BE
the change I wish to see in the world. Today, I will see the Light within my
brothers and sisters rather than the darkness surrounding them.
I am the beacon of
Light that will shine her love on all of humanity!
Blessings ~
Reiki Nurse
